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Function decoration for backoff and retry — modern, fast, zero dependencies.

backon is a modern evolution of backoff — a zero-dependency Python library for retry with exponential backoff. It provides decorator, functional, and context manager APIs for both sync and async code.

Pythons' extreme biology may hold clues for treating human disease

These snakes can go for months without eating, grow and shrink the size of their hearts and jump start their metabolism on a ...
Wall Street Journal

M.B.A. Pay Is Drifting Down—and So Is Demand for the Degree

This graduation season, many newly minted M.B.A.s are finding fewer job openings and lower starting salaries. A new report shows the starting median salary for master of business administration degree ...
Wall Street Journal

China’s Assertions of Authority Over Foreign Ships Near Taiwan Draw U.S. Rebuke

WSJ’s Joyu Wang joined a Taiwanese Coast Guard patrol in the Taiwan Strait, revealing how ‘gray-zone’ pressure from Beijing is transforming the law-enforcement agency into a front-line security force.
Washington Times

Trump says Iran will accept nuclear inspections, as Iran disputes U.S. assertions about concessions

President Trump insisted Tuesday that Iran would agree to inspections of its nuclear sites as part of peace talks “despite their protestations and false statements to the contrary.” Mr. Trump, posting ...
The New York Times

Iran Makes Moves to Assert Control Over the Strait of Hormuz

After Iran weaponized the waterway by making it too dangerous for businesses, experts say, the country is now looking to charge fees to vessels seeking to transit the vital water. By Ephrat Livni Iran ...